Performance of laser bonded glass/polyimide microjoints in cerebrospinal fluid

In this paper, laser bonded microjoints between glass and polyimide is considered to examine their potential applicability in encapsulating neural implants. To facilitate bonding between polyimide and glass, a thin titanium film with a thickness of 2 μm was deposited on borosilicate glass plates by a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process. Titanium coated glass was then joined with polyimide by using a cw fiber laser emitting at a wavelength of 1.1 μm (1.0 W) to prepare several tensile samples. Some of the samples were exposed to artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) at 37^∘C for two weeks to assess long-term integrity of the joints. Both the as-received and aCSF soaked samples were subjected to uniaxial tensile loads for bond strengths measurements. The bond strengths for the as-received and aCSF soaked samples were measured to be 7.31 and 5.33 N/mm, respectively. Although the long-term exposure of the microjoints to aCSF has resulted in 26% reduction of bond strength, the samples still retain considerably high strength as compared with the titanium-polyimide samples. The failed glass/polyimide samples were also analyzed using optical microscopy, and failure mechanisms are discussed. In addition, a two dimensional finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted to understand the stress distribution within the substrate materials while the samples are in tension. The FEA results match reasonably well with the experimental load-displacement curves for as-received samples. Detailed discussion on various stress contours is presented in the paper, and the failure mechanisms observed from the experiment are shown in good agreement with the FEA predicted ones.     

聚酰亚胺表面处理玻璃纤维/环氧树脂复合材料力学性能

采用浇铸成型工艺制备含0.5wt%、长度分别为1 mm、3 mm、5 mm的短切玻璃纤维/环氧树脂（GF/EP）复合材料,研究含活性酚羟基和不含酚羟基的两种聚酰亚胺（PI）处理GF表面对纤维束拉伸强度及GF/EP复合材料力学性能的影响,并进一步研究PI处理GF对复合材料热性能的影响。研究结果表明,经过PI处理的GF,集束性和拉伸强度得到提高。含活性酚羟基聚酰亚胺（PI1）处理的GF拉伸强度由原丝束的517 MPa提高到1 032 MPa,不含酚羟基聚酰亚胺（PI2）处理的GF提高到986 MPa。当PI1处理的GF长度为3 mm时,GF/EP复合材料的力学性能最好,拉伸强度比未处理的提高23.62%,拉伸模量提高34.03%,弯曲强度提高28.74%,断裂韧性提高13.04%;PI2处理的GF,GF/EP复合材料拉伸强度提高15.87%,拉伸模量提高23.70%,弯曲强度提高14.11%,断裂韧性提高4.05%。此外,PI处理GF对GF/EP复合材料热性能也有一定程度的提高。     

Mechanical properties of palmyra/glass fiber hybrid composites

Use of eco friendly composites gains attraction due to its lightweight and moderate strength in the recent years. Palmyra fiber is a natural fiber obtained from Palmyra (Borassus flabellifer) tree. Mechanical properties of randomly mixed short fiber composites are studied and optimum fiber length and wt% are estimated. This paper deals with the properties of (randomly mixed) palmyra fiber, glass fiber hybrid composites. Two types of specimens are prepared, one by mixing the palmyra and glass fiber and the other by sandwiching palmyra fiber between the glass fiber mats. Composite plates are prepared for different palmyra/glass fiber weight ratio. Rooflite resin is used as matrix. Tensile, impact, shear and bending properties are studied. The mechanical properties of the composites are improved due to the addition of glass fiber along with palmyra fiber in the matrix. The glass fiber skin–palmyra fiber core construction exhibits better mechanical properties than dispersed construction. Moisture absorption studies are conducted and the results are presented as a function of square root of time. Addition of glass fiber with palmyra fiber in the matrix decreases the moisture absorption of the composites.     

Processing and properties of carbon fiber/Triple-A polyimide composites fabricated from imide oligomer dry prepreg

Triple-A polyimide (TriA-PI) concept, “amorphous, asymmetric, and addition type”, was originally proposed by Yokota in 1999 for high temperature polymer matrix composites. The first version polyimide “TriA-PI-1” was developed from a-BPDA (2,3,3′,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride), 4,4′-oxydianiline (4,4′-ODA), and phenylethynyl phthalic anhydride (PEPA). The cured polyimide exhibits excellent mechanical properties with high glass transition temperature.In this study, a new prepreg system, namely imide-oligomer dry prepreg was developed by impregnating imide-oligomer into unidirectional carbon fiber bundles directly. Carbon fiber/TriA-PI-1 composites were fabricated from the imide-oligomer dry prepreg, and mechanical properties were evaluated. It was demonstrated that the TriA-PI-1 composite exhibits excellent compressive and tensile strengths at 300 °C as well as room temperature. It was easy to make a high quality composite laminate without complicated process using imide-oligomer dry prepreg.     

Molecular characterization of glass fiber surface coatings for thermosetting polymer matrix/glass fiber composites

Model multi-component glass fiber sizings, with formulations based upon current patent disclosures, were prepared to model the full coating packages used in commercial glass fiber manufacture. The sizings consisted of silane coupling agent, film former, and emulsifying surfactant in water and were applied to glass fibers prepared directly from molten glass. Fibers were analyzed before and after acetone extraction. The analyses of the extract solutions, with the fiber analysis, were used to determine the quantity and quality of the physically and chemically adsorbed layers. It was found that all three species remain on the fiber after extraction and that both coupling agent and surfactant concentrations in the coatings are higher than in the applied sizing. The impact of these species on the polymer composite/glass fiber interphase is discussed.     

Mechanical characterization of bone cement using fiber Bragg grating sensors

The aim of this work was the study and understanding of the behavior and linearity of an optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor embedded in bone cement. Test its ability to monitor strains inside bone cement during different mechanical tests, at real-time. Bone cement is a biomaterials based on polymethacrylate used as fixation method in artificial joints. Work as a bonding, load transfer and optimal stress/strain distribution inside the complex human body environment. Bone cement is the weakest element in a joint implant, being considered the main reason of prosthesis loosening.Inside the bone cement, its temperature, longitudinal strain and load were measured using fiber Bragg gratings. All the measurements report a linear response showing a good adaptation and optimization of the load transfer between the biomaterial and the embedded optical sensor.     

复合处理碳纤维增强聚酰亚胺复合材料力学性能

采用浓硝酸氧化和聚酰亚胺(PI)包覆复合方法对短切碳纤维(CF)进行表面改性,提高CF增强热塑性聚酰亚胺复合材料(CF/TPI)力学性能。采用比表面积及孔容分析、原子力显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、热重分析仪研究了CF表面处理前后结构和形貌的变化。结果表明：CF经浓HNO₃处理后比表面积增加144.2%,CF表面沟壑加深;复合处理后有PI层包覆在 CF表面;包覆处理后CF耐热性能提高。力学性能测试表明,经过包覆处理后CF/TPI复合材料的拉伸强度比未处理的提高11.34%,弹性模量提高109.2%,弯曲强度提高18.78%,冲击强度提高74.15%。     

Modeling of quasi-three-level lasers and operation of cw Yb:YAG lasers

We present modeling studies of quasi-three-level laser oscillators, the validity of which was revealed by Ti:Al(2)O(3)-pumped Yb:YAG laser experiments, and these results are shown to be in excellent agreement with the theory. As much as 75% slope efficiency was obtained with a hemispherical laser cavity. Previous modeling calculations of laser performance have been valid only for certain special cases, restricting application to TEM(00) Gaussian beam pumping and lasing profiles. This analysis may be applied to other longitudinally pumped quasi-three-level laser media in which the modes are not only TEM(00) Gaussian beams but also other higher-order transverse modes, including the top-hat pumping profile that can be used to model transverse pumping schemes.     

高强高模聚酰亚胺纤维/环氧树脂复合材料力学性能与破坏机制

以高强高模聚酰亚胺（PI）纤维为增强体,以航空级环氧树脂（EP）为基体,通过热熔法制备预浸料并采用热压罐成型技术制备了PI/EP复合材料层合板,对其力学性能和破坏形貌进行了分析。结果表明:高强高模PI纤维与EP具有良好的界面结合力,PI/EP复合材料的层间剪切强度为65.2 MPa,面内剪切强度为68.6 MPa;良好的界面结合状态能充分发挥PI纤维优异的力学性能,PI/EP复合材料的纵向拉伸强度达1 835 MPa,弯曲强度为834 MPa;PI/EP复合材料纵向拉伸破坏模式为散丝爆炸破坏,同时由于高强高模PI纤维还具有优异的韧性和较高的断裂伸长率,PI/EP复合材料从受力到失效断裂的时间较长;PI/EP复合材料纵向压缩破坏模式为45°折曲带破坏。高强高模PI/EP复合材料为航空航天先进复合材料增加了一个全新的选材方案。      

柔性非织造布和玻璃纤维布叠层热压制备玻璃纤维布/聚苯硫醚复合板材

为改善玻璃纤维增强聚苯硫醚（PPS）复合板材的力学性能,分别以柔性的玻璃纤维布和PPS非织造布作为增强体和基体,采用叠层热压成型法制备出刚性的复合板材,采用力学性能测试、XRD、PLM、SEM研究了热压温度、热压时间、玻璃纤维含量和处理玻璃纤维布的硅烷偶联剂种类对复合板材的力学性能、结晶度、结晶形态和微观形貌的影响。结果表明,在无硅烷偶联剂处理玻璃纤维布时,控制热压温度为320℃,热压时间为30 min,压力为30 MPa,玻璃纤维质量分数为50%,复合板材的拉伸强度和弯曲强度最佳,分别为286.0 MPa和175.0 MPa,缺口冲击强度达到61.6 MPa。使用硅烷偶联剂KH560处理玻璃纤维布,在最佳成型工艺条件下,复合板材力学性能改善最明显,其弯曲强度为394.9 MPa,弯曲模量为23.6 GPa,层间剪切强度为16.4 MPa,缺口冲击强度为81.0 MPa。通过优化实验条件和使用硅烷偶联剂处理玻璃纤维表面,复合板材的力学性能得到了明显提高。     

Mechanical response of a unidirectional graphite fiber/polyimide composite as a function of temperature

In this work, the mechanical response of a unidirectional composite based on T650-35 graphite fibers embedded in a PMR-15 polyimide resin was analytically and numerically predicted as a function of temperature and subsequently compared with the available experimental data. The Eshelby/Mori–Tanaka (E/M–T) method was used to predict the elastic properties of the composite, whereas a finite element unit cell was employed to predict the stress vs. strain curves of the composite under elasto-plastic conditions. It was shown that for the temperature range from 25 to 315 °C the predicted elastic properties of the composite agreed closer with the experiment in the case of the longitudinal and transverse Young’s moduli than in the case of the longitudinal shear modulus. The comparisons for the transverse shear modulus and the longitudinal Poisson’s ratio were uncertain. The agreements between the numerically predicted and experimentally determined stress–strain curves of the composite were found to be dependent on temperature and the type of loading. The experimental and numerical research data and the approaches presented in this work should significantly extend our knowledge of the effect of elevated temperatures on the mechanical behavior of unidirectional high temperature polymer matrix composites.     

短玻璃纤维/硅橡胶发泡复合材料的制备及表征

表面改性的短玻璃纤维和硅橡胶共混发泡制备出短玻璃纤维/硅橡胶发泡复合材料,对其力学性能、热性能和结构进行测试。结果表明:当加入长为6mm的短纤维3g(7.5份)时,复合材料的拉伸强度增加155%,达到0.78MPa。沿着纤维取向上的拉伸强度相对于垂直纤维横向增加130%,断后伸长率增加790%;热稳定性提高;结构测试表明复合材料的泡孔孔径平均为0.3mm,呈闭孔且分布稀少,泡孔绕纤维生成;扫描电镜(SEM)显示处理后的纤维与硅橡胶界面处相容性提高。     

Mechanical characterization of hierarchical carbon fiber/nanofiber composite laminates

Susceptibility to matrix driven failure is one of the major weaknesses of continuous-fiber composites. In this study, helical-ribbon carbon nanofibers (CNF) were dispersed in the matrix phase of a continuous carbon fiber-reinforced composite. Along with an unreinforced control, the resulting hierarchical composites were tested to failure in several modes of quasi-static testing designed to assess matrix-dominated mechanical properties and fracture characteristics. Results indicated CNF addition offered simultaneous increases in tensile stiffness, strength and toughness while also enhancing both compressive and flexural strengths. Short-beam strength testing resulted in no apparent improvement while the fracture energy required for the onset of mode I interlaminar delamination was enhanced by 35%. Extrinsic toughening mechanisms, e.g., intralaminar fiber bridging and trans-ply cracking, significantly affected steady-state crack propagation values. Scanning electron microscopy of delaminated fracture surfaces revealed improved primary fiber–matrix adhesion and indications of CNF-induced matrix toughening.     

表面处理碳纤维增强聚酰亚胺复合材料力学性能

采用空气氧化法和硝酸氧化法对碳纤维进行表面处理,研究了碳纤维(CF)增强热塑性聚酰亚胺(TPI)复合材料的力学性能。采用Boehm滴定方法测定了经过硝酸处理后CF表面酸性官能团数量。结果表明:CF表面酸性官能团的数量随着浓硝酸处理时间的增加而增加;浓硝酸处理效果比空气氧化好,当浓硝酸处理CF的时间为20 min时,CF/TPI复合材料拉伸强度和弯曲强度分别提高10 %和14 %,XPS表明此时CF表面活性官能团比未处理增加35.89 %。AFM表明,浓硝酸对CF表面刻蚀沟明显;SEM表明,CF与TPI基体之间形成良好的界面,CF起到了增强效果。      

Mechanical and thermal behavior of non-crimp glass fiber reinforced layered clay/epoxy nanocomposites

Mechanical and thermal properties of non-crimp glass fiber reinforced clay/epoxy nanocomposites were investigated. Clay/epoxy nanocomposite systems were prepared to use as the matrix material for composite laminates. X-ray diffraction results obtained from natural and modified clays indicated that intergallery spacing of the layered clay increases with surface treatment. Tensile tests indicated that clay loading has minor effect on the tensile properties. Flexural properties of laminates were improved by clay addition due to the improved interface between glass fibers and epoxy. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results showed that the modified clay particles affected the glass transition temperatures (T_g) of the nanocomposites. Incorporation of surface treated clay particles increased the dynamic mechanical properties of nanocomposite laminates. It was found that the flame resistance of composites was improved significantly by clay addition into the epoxy matrix.